The men of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have reportedly besieged residence of Nasir El-Rufai, ex-Kaduna governor
The government of Gabon has announced the ban of social media platforms in the country. The reason for the development has been disclosed in a televised statement.
Sudan on Monday named a new military commander for troubled Blue Nile state, where recent bitter ethnic clashes over land have left at least 200 people dead and sparked angry demonstrations. Army spokesman Nabil Abdallah, announcing Monday a new commander for the southern Blue Nile state, said the military had ordered a committee to "evaluate the security situation".
In the remote countryside of Lesotho, a kingdom in southern Africa, time stretches wide between long treks on horse or donkey back and hours of herding cattle along mountain ranges. But in the Belgium-sized country, the most convenient and commonly used off-road transport are horses and donkeys.
Star Moroccan rapper ElGrande Toto on Sunday apologised for causing offence through recent public statements in which he acknowledged using cannabis. "I offer my apologies to anyone offended by my words, starting with the authorities and my public," ElGrande Toto, whose real name is Taha Fahssi, told a packed press conference.
Tanzanian authorities on Sunday said a fire on Mount Kilimanjaro was mostly under control after flames burned Africa's tallest mountain for more than 24 hours. Sedoyeka said the aim was to bring the fire completely under control by Sunday evening.
Fresh clashes between the army and M23 rebels have erupted in eastern DR Congo, officials said on Sunday, breaking a period of relative calm between the two sides. The frontline between Congolese troops and M23 rebels had been calm in recent weeks.
South Africa's graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma on Saturday accused his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, of corruption and committing treason following a cash heist scandal at the latter's farm. South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog and the police have opened probes, but Zuma said there was "silence of the many criminalities against the current president".
Guinea's ruling junta has agreed to restore civilian rule in two years, after facing sanctions over its original plan for a three-year transfer of power, the West African bloc ECOWAS said Friday. A similar timeframe was agreed between ECOWAS and the ruling junta in neighbouring Mali after months of wrangling.
Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, became interim president on Friday, vowing to win back territory from jihadists. Traore, 34, led disgruntled junior officers last month in the second coup in eight months to hit the west African country.
Guinea's top prosecutor called Friday for a crackdown on the organisers and participants of a giant anti-government protest in which he said six security personnel were wounded while the opposition said three civilians were killed.
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